{"id":690,"date":"2020-05-27T18:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=690"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T21:34:25","slug":"episode-61-live-podcast-burrito-delivery-emerging-tech-and-your-favorite-accelerant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2020\/05\/episode-61-live-podcast-burrito-delivery-emerging-tech-and-your-favorite-accelerant\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 61: LIVE Podcast – Burrito Delivery, Emerging Tech, and Your Favorite Accelerant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recorded LIVE at the SMB Online Conference!<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Conference attendees can see and listen to all four topics in the Conference downloads area.)<\/p>\n

Topic 1: Where do we stand on burrito delivery?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Update on our year-old bet: Will your pizza (or burrito) be delivered first by flying drone or driverless car\/robot?<\/p>\n

Well, that driverless car might have lots of fees attached (see New York Times).<\/p>\n

And of course industry news is hard to separate from “pandemic” news right now, but workforce slowdowns will affect the pace of technology adoption.<\/p>\n

Relevant links:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/13\/technology\/driverless-cars.html<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-gm-autonomous-layoffs\/gm-self-driving-tech-unit-cruise-laying-off-about-8-of-staff-idUSKBN22Q34W<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/doordash\/comments\/8p6rmi\/doordash_scam_complete_step_by_step_as_it_happened\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Topic 2: Emerging Technology and Digital Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Dave’s pet peeve)<\/p>\n

Wherein we explore the state of all this change in our industry. Are we there yet?<\/p>\n

Link:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.comptia.org\/content\/whitepapers\/the-role-of-emerging-technology-in-digital-transformation<\/a><\/p>\n

Topic 3: Life After the Pandemic<\/strong><\/p>\n

How much will the IT consultant’s business go back to the old normal?<\/p>\n

Roundtable discussion. Karl says our definition of the network will be changed forever.<\/p>\n

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